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USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Dec. 28, 2020 December 28, 2020 10:45 AM USNI News Image These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Dec. 28, 2020, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship. Total U.S. Navy Battle Force: 297 In Japan CMDCM(SW/AW) Randy Bell, USS America (LHA-6) command ...

The hunt continues for a Dominican Republic national who travelled to the Virgin Islands (VI) and was subsequently refused entry by Immigration, but then escaped local quarantine and now remains under the radar. Photo: Team of Reporters ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The hunt continues for a Dominican Republic national who travelled to the Virgin Islands (VI) and was subsequently refused entry by Immigration, but then escaped local quarantine and now...

Pentagon acknowledges aircraft carrier off Somalia coast as it relocates troops Ellen Mitchell © Getty Images Pentagon acknowledges aircraft carrier off Somalia coast as it relocates troops The U.S. military on Monday acknowledged that it had moved the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz off the coast of Somalia as it prepares to transfer nearly all American troops from the country to other parts of Africa. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group since Dec. 21 "has been providing operational...

TUMACO, Colombia — Law enforcement authorities in Colombia have dismantled a “gigantic complex” used by an organized crime group to produce tons of cocaine. The operation, conducted in coordination with the National Army and the Attorney General’s Office, took place in a rural area near the Curay River in Tumaco, a southwestern city close to the country’s border with Ecuador, the Troops destroyed the eight-structure drug laboratory believed to be operated by the “Western Block Alfo...

AFP foils CPP anniversary plenum, kills 3 rebels in Sultan Kudarat By JOVILAND RITA, GMA News Published December 27, 2020 12:04pm Military offensives in Sultan Kudarat in Mindanaos Soccsksargen region on December 25th thwarted the Communist Party of the Philippines founding anniversary celebrations and plenum set on the 26th, and left at three rebels dead. In a statement on Saturday, Armed Forces Western Mindanao Command (WestMinCom) commander Lieutenant General Corleto Vinluan Jr. said...

Art McDonald appointed Canadian chief of defence staff Adjust font size: OTTAWA, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday announced the appointment of Vice-Admiral Art McDonald, currently commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, as chief of the defence staff of the country. McDonald will be promoted to the rank of Admiral and replace current Chief of the Defence Staff General Jonathan Vance, who will be retiring from the Canadian Armed Forces in January. McDonald be...

Great news: Moderna COVID-19 vaccine expected across the North by next week Health Canadas approval of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine means that people in Canadas territories can expect to start getting vaccinations beginning in the first weeks of January. Social Sharing

How One Sniper Broke a Word Record: Confirmed Kill at 3,540 Meters In 2017, a sniper from Joint Task Force 2 (JTF-2) neutralized an ISIS target in Iraq at a distance of over 3,540 meters. Two years after being recorded, the longest sniper kill shot remains one of the greatest feats ever performed in military history. In 2017, a sniper from Joint Task Force 2 (JTF-2) neutralized an ISIS target in Iraq at a distance of over 3,540 meters. The reported kill shot was corroborated through video foota...

Exclusive: Donald Trumps Martial-Law Talk Has Military on Red Alert Newsweek 12/24/2020 William M. Arkin © Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images People gather in support of President Donald Trump and in protest the outcome of the 2020 presidential election at freedom plaza on December 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. Violent actions by pro-Trump militia members could give Trump reason to invoke federal control. Pentagon and Washington-area military leaders are on red alert, wary of what ...

IGP promises effective strategy to defeat armed banditry IGP promises effective strategy to defeat armed banditry Share The Police High Command has said it was mapping out an effective strategy to defeat armed banditry, kidnappings, cattle rustling and all forms of criminality in parts of the country. The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Adamu, stated this, on Thursday, when he visited the Joint Task Force of police and members of Special Constabulary Vigilante at Gidan Kasanga, ...